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IBM Software Group | Lotus software Agenda ● ODF ● Symphony ● The road to the open Desktop

IBM Software Group | Lotus software ODF History

IBM Software Group | Lotus software Your documents and content: Your documents and content: do whatever you want with them, whenever you want, with whatever application you wish to use ODF in context

IBM Software Group | Lotus software Agenda ✔ ODF ● Symphony ● The road to the open Desktop

IBM Software Group | Lotus software Symphony

IBM Software Group | Lotus software IBM Lotus Symphony – an overview A set of office productivity applications Create, edit, share documents, spreadsheets, and presentations Can handle the majority of tasks required by end users Support OpenDocument Format (ODF) Support Microsoft Office and other file formats Available at no charge to anyone and everyone Download: Web-based support and community forums

IBM Software Group | Lotus software ● “We'd like to see an open-standard approach in which customers can create documents in Microsoft Word but share them with other products, pull them into other editors, manage, store, retrieve, and modify them, and not necessarily have to buy a full suite of Microsoft technology to do that. That's the issue.” - Steve Mills in BusinessWeek ● We find Microsoft Office, particularly the Microsoft Word phenomenon, as essentially impeding some of the strategies that we're trying to drive in the marketplace. It's not because the editor's a bad editor, it's because the formats are not open. - Steve Mills on MSNBC ● “Symphony addresses the concerns that potential OpenOffice.org users might have had in regard to using open source software: Symphony is backed by the IBM brand, and is provided as a commercially developed and supported product suite,” wrote IDC analyst Melissa Webster in a research report published Wednesday. – IDG News ● Mr. Mills said that IBM had been backing Open Document Format for several years, and felt it is important to provide, with Symphony, software that supports it. He noted that IBM's embrace of the free Linux operating system and other open-software products helped make them successful, and said he hopes for similar results with open desktop products. - Wall Street Journal Online Why are we doing this?

IBM Software Group | Lotus software ● IBM joined OpenOffice.org community ● IBM planning to contribute code ● Accessibility support for Persons with Disabilities ● Iaccessible-2 API already contributed to Linux Foundation (Free Standards Group) ● Assistive Technology Vendors (ATVs) will provide support ● IBM will team up with the OpenOffice community to develop support for the future ODF v1.2 ● Formula language ● Metadata ● Accessibility ● IBM will develop, release and support new offerings based on OpenOffice.org technology in the future, increasing the range and breadth of ODF-supporting solutions ● Lotus Symphony is first example of this IBM Joins OpenOffice.org

IBM Software Group | Lotus software ● Architecture ● Based on OpenOffice code ● Eclipse-based user interface/shell ● Supported platforms ● Linux and Windows (today) ● Macintosh (H1-2008, now in beta) Symphony – technical overview

IBM Software Group | Lotus software Symphony – technical overview

IBM Software Group | Lotus software Connect rich editors to situational applications and business processes Embedded editors provide in context creating and editing of content Java and UNO APIs that enable developers to programmatically connect to business applications and back-end data sources (ERP, CRM, etc) Contextual content within Business Applications

IBM Software Group | Lotus software

● Provide crisp, intuitive, end-user oriented web experience ● Keep It simple and make it sticky ● More than product pages – creating a community ● Vehicle for establishing dialog directly with users ● Augment usage experience ● Free, moderated forum support ● M-F, 8am-5pm for Beta ● Notes 8 users have Passport Advantage Support Agreements for Productivity Tools ● Community oriented website focused on ensuring user success ● Download the tools ● Get tips, templates, clip-art, quick reference cards, samples, bite-sized tutorials, and migration advice ● Contribute back to the community ● Best practices Symphony Web Based Community

IBM Software Group | Lotus software

● Lotus Symphony is available can be downloaded at no charge ● Go to: ● Beta with moderated forum support ● Additional fee based premium support options planned ● Beta exit based on feed back from community ● IBM/Lotus is committed to supporting open standards ● Support of ODF in our products ● Joined OpenOffice.org ● Lotus Notes 8 ships with Lotus Symphony ● Integrated user experience ● Passport Advantage support Summary: Symphony

IBM Software Group | Lotus software Agenda ✔ ODF ✔ Symphony ● The road to the open Desktop

IBM Software Group | Lotus software ● Migration to OpenOffice / Symphony: Good idea! ● ROI case not that hard to make ● Compliance with ODF ● User perspective: ● Learn new software to perform old tricks ● IT department: ● Migration takes time – we do have other stuff to do The road to the open Desktop - I

IBM Software Group | Lotus software ● Why not combine 'open' targets with desktop enhancements? ● User accepts changes easier when they are considered improvements ● In line with IT desktop schedule ● Combine with Linux on server / desktop ● Combine with virtualisation targets The road to the open Desktop - II

IBM Software Group | Lotus software ● Try this approach: The road to the open Desktop - III

IBM Software Group | Lotus software